“Our subcontractor should not have driven the recruiter in a U-Haul van. Those involved were immediately reprimanded,” said Tim Pollard of Blitz Canvasing. He told WIRED.
Muldrow and his fellow doorknockers were fired on Wednesday, October 30, just hours after the WIRED article was published.
Initially, some people had trouble logging into Campaign Sidekick, the faulty app that America PAC uses to campaign. According to screenshots obtained by WIRED, Jones, who was Doorknocker’s manager, was confused in a GroupMe chat until he was finally told that “everyone is fired.”
Jones did not respond to requests for comment.
According to the group chat, Mr. Muldrow thought Mr. Jones might be joking about everyone being fired, but some of the door knockers said they were being barred from campaign sidekicks. He said he noticed this.
“I called my mom right away,” Muldrow said. “My mom said I was overreacting because it was (my) cousin. And she was like, ‘Oh, maybe I’m making fun of you guys.’ Don’t take it literally. And my mom said, “She sent you there in the first place.” You went with her. Rather, you’ll probably get a flight home through her. She’s not going to leave you stranded. ”
Jones then began asking the doorknockers which of them had spoken to the press, Muldrow said.
As the argument continued, Muldrow began to fear for his safety. Muldrow packed up her belongings and went to Connor Vardy, a 29-year-old political consultant based in Warren, Michigan, and founder of Vote For Change LLC, a consulting group in southeastern Michigan, for community organizing efforts. I called.
Ms. Muldrow had met Mr. Birdy, who is in charge of campaigns for school board, county commission, and judge candidates, and was campaigning near her home on October 23 when she happened to meet his employee. One of the members started chatting with her. Mr. Birdy and Mr. Muldrow began lunch soon afterward, and Muldrow told him how the doorknockers in her group had been tricked, threatened, and driven to the doorknocker’s location in a U-Hall.
Management “clearly did not prioritize the safety of our employees or the integrity of our operations,” Birdy said.
Birdie arrives and rescues Muldrow from the scene, pretending to be an Uber driver. He had already bought Muldrow a return ticket to Florida at his own expense.
